Gig: 6/6/1984, The Alarm, Exo 7, Rouen

While Dave and Nigel stayed at Ezee Hire, Eddie and Mike at The Waterfront in London. They recorded many demos using a drum machine and synthesizer, plus guitars. From thesee demos the future “Eye” songs .’Newtown Jericho’, “Only Love Can Set Me Free”, and the Raw song “Lead Me Through The Darkness”. Eddie Macdonald has described this time his “happiest time in The Alarm’.

‘Unbreak The Promise’ [2:26] (Macdonald/Peters), The AlarmLead Vocals:Mike PetersLyrics: There’s something that must now be spoken Now that all the barriers are broken down I want to bury my words in the heartland soil Too much has fell on stony ground I never lost that true gut feeling That a generation could bring change And even though it’s been eroded And wom away with time I still believe we’ve got [read more]

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